LINDT Sustainability Report
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Introduction and Strategy | Improving livelihoods | Contributing to an intact environment | Performing together | Delighting consumers | KPIs and Appendix |
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Foreword by our CEO and CFO
About Lindt & Sprüngli
Highlights 2021
Our mission - our value chain from bean to bar Sustainability strategy and governance
Lindt & Sprüngli Sustainability Plan Main commitments and progress 2021 Determining our material topics Responsible business conduct and human rights Stakeholder engagement
Sustainability governance
Improving livelihoods
Responsible sourcing
Responsible sourcing approach
Our cocoa sustainability approach
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4 | The Lindt Performance Way | ||
5 | Climate | ||
6 | Water and waste | |
Packaging | ||
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Performing together | ||
- Occupational health and safety
- Enabling and motivating working environment
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11 Delighting consumers
- Product quality and product safety
- Transparent and responsible communication
- KPIs and Appendix
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About this report | ||
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23 Our contribution to the SDG GRI Content Index
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Foreword by our CEO and CFO
Dr Dieter Weisskopf, CEO Lindt & Sprüngli Group
Martin Hug, CFO Lindt & Sprüngli Group
and Head of the Sustainability Executive Team
Our purpose as a premium chocolate maker is to enchant the world with chocolate.
These words bear our promise to uphold high quality standards - not just for our products, but for the way we do business. For over 175 years, Lindt & Sprüngli has proudly lived up to this promise, building a global reputation for excellence, innovation, and sustain- ability. As we look forward, our purpose guides us to make a positive impact and help create a better future.
The world faces many challenges, such as the deterioration of nature and biodiversity, which are the basis of life and our products. Climate change has the potential to exacerbate social conflicts and challenge agricultural production of raw materials. Human rights violations are still widespread, reinforcing inequalities and hindering the improvement of livelihoods for many people.
The Lindt & Sprüngli Sustainability Plan is our ambition to help address these challenges and to create a better tomorrow. It is our pathway to becoming more sustainable along our entire value chain, from sourcing and production to packaging and consumption.
We continue to build on this solid foundation: in 2021, more than 91,000 farmers participated in our Lindt & Sprüngli Farming Program and 100% of our cocoa beans and 64% of our cocoa beans equivalent are sourced through sustainability programs. Our first complete carbon footprint has revealed that our greatest leverage to limit climate change is in our value chain, namely in sourcing cocoa and other raw materials, as well as in transportation and packaging initiatives. This footprint will enable us to announce our Science Based GHG Reduction Targets in 2023. We also rolled out our Sustainable Packaging initiative further, which aims to make 100% of packaging recyclable by 2025 and to reduce the use of plastics.
This progress demonstrates that Lindt & Sprüngli's Purpose, Mission, and Values are anchored deep within our culture and in the hearts of our employees, motivating everyone along our value chain to contribute to a more sustainable future.
Going forward, we anticipate a rapid increase and strengthening of social, environmental, and corporate governance regulations, growth in investor interest, and the allocation of more resources toward sustainable solutions. There will also be increasing demand from our business, trade, and supply chain partners - as well as growing awareness and expectations from our employees, consumers, and the general public - for improved sustainability performance.
This encourages us to further strengthen Lindt& Sprüngli's good business conduct. We consider business integrity and human rights as cross-cutting issues relevant throughout the Lindt & Sprungli Sustainability Plan and our way of doing business. We are currently developing a human rights policy and action plan, which will formalize our commitment even further.
We are proud to share our 12th annual Sustainability Report, for the first time referencing the reporting standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
Dr Dieter Weisskopf | Martin Hug |
CEO Lindt & Sprüngli Group | CFO Lindt & Sprüngli Group |
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About Lindt & Sprüngli
> 14,000
employees work for us worldwide
Our chocolateis sold in more than
120countries
and by 31 subsidiaries and regional offices as well as via more than 100 independent distributors
Lindt & Sprüngli was founded in 1845 in Zurich, Switzerland, and has been enchanting the world with chocolate for more than
175 years
The Lindt & Sprüngli Group reported sales of
CHF 4.59 billion
in 2021
Our Group includes 8 brands:
Lindt, Ghirardelli,
Russell Stover, Whitman's,
Pangburn's, Caffarel,
Hofbauer and Küfferle
Our products are sold in around
500own stores
We have our own dedicated sustainability program:
the Lindt & Sprüngli Farming Program. Through the Program
we source cocoa beans and cocoa butter from
7 countries of origin
Ghana, Ecuador, Madagascar, Papa New Guinea, Dominican Republic, Peru, and Côte d'Ivoire
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We produce premium chocolate at our
11 factories
in Europe and the USA
Introduction and Strategy | Improving livelihoods | Contributing to an intact environment | Performing together | Delighting consumers | KPIs and Appendix |
100% of our cocoa beans and
64%
of cocoa beans equivalent are sourced
through sustainability programs
> 91,000
farmers participating in the
Lindt & Sprüngli Farming Program
Expanded our Responsible Sourcing
Roadmap to include
12
raw and packaging materials
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Highlights 2021
Calculated our first complete
carbon footprint
(Scopes 1, 2, and 3)
on the path to defining science based targets (SBT)
Joined the | > 2.8 million |
Sustainable Packaging | shade trees distributed through cocoa |
Coalition | sustainability programs since 2008 |
to support our five packaging targets |
Innovative Excellence Cocoa Pure | Lindt HELLO Vegan wins | |
Vegan Food | ||
made from | ||
38% | 100% | Award |
cocoa fruit to reduce food waste | ||
of senior leadership positions | from cocoa fruit pulp | from PETA |
held by women | ||
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